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. 2024 Jul 16;21(7):927. doi: 10.3390/ijerph21070927

Table 6.

Anticipatory attitude (willingness) towards treating disadvantaged communities after graduation.

Characteristic Total, N = 89
N (%)
Pre-CBDE Dental Students with Previous Community Experience Working with PLWH
N = 36
N (%)
Pre-CBDE Dental Students without Previous Community Experience Working with PLWH
N = 53
N (%)
p-Value
Yes No Yes No Yes No
People on a low income 88 (98.9) 1 (1.1) 35 (97.2) 1 (3.8) 53 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0.78
Homeless people 87 (97.7) 2 (2.3) 35 (97.2) 1 (2.8) 52 (98.1) 1 (1.9) 0.22
People who inject drugs 82 (92.1) 7 (7.9) 31 (86.1) 5 (13.9) 51 (96.2) 2 (3.8) .082
PLWH 85 (95.5) 4 (4.5) 34 (94.4) 2 (5.6) 51 (96.2) 2 (3.8) 0.69
Mean favorable attitude score
(Total possible score = 4)
3.84 ± 0.58 SD 3.75 ± 0.77 SD 3.90 ± 0.40 SD 0.21